SUMMARY: In The Player of Games, Iain M. Banks presents a distant future that could almost be called the end of history. Humanity has filled the galaxy, and thanks to ultra-high technology everyone has everything they want, no one gets sick, and no one dies. It's a playground society of sports, st
The Player of Games (A Culture Novel Book 2)
โ Scribed by Banks, Iain M.
- Publisher
- Orbit
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 222 KB
- Series
- A Culture Novel 2
- Edition
- 1st e-book ed
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN
- 0316171190
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โฆ Synopsis
In the human-machine symbiotic society called The Culture, there have been many great game players. One, Gurgeh, is a master of every board, computer, and strategy. He travels to the Empire of Azad to try its game, one so complex and like life itself, that the winner becomes emperer. With this game, he takes on the challenge of his life, and possibly his death.
โฆ Subjects
FICTION -- General
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